David McSavage is brother to Barry Andrews, Fianna Fail MEP for the Dublin constituency, Sinead, Clare and Mary.
13 Facts About David McSavage
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David McSavage's grandfather Todd Andrews was active with the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and his grandmother Mary Coyle, was a prominent member of Cumann na mBan.
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David McSavage spent time in the United States, and then taught English in Japan.
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David McSavage has performed at national and international comedy festivals such as the Kilkenny Comedy Festival.
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David McSavage became widely known in Ireland for his street performance in Dublin city centre; his street act consists of improvised songs often predicated on sardonic speculations about those passing by.
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David McSavage is best known for the IFTA-nominated 2009 The Savage Eye, a show consisting of a mixture of comedy sketches and satire.
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In 2008, David McSavage devised and featured in Headwreckers, an episode of Channel 4's Comedy Lab show.
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David McSavage played William Hall, the publisher of Charles Dickens, in the film The Man Who Invented Christmas.
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David McSavage met his future wife, Hannah Gnat from Poland, in Amsterdam, and they settled in Copenhagen for the birth of the first of two sons, and stayed there for 5 years.
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In 2023, David McSavage mentioned that he and his ex-wife were producing a podcast together.
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David McSavage was long-term partner to TV actress Fiona O'Shaughnessy until October 2012.
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David McSavage appeared alongside O'Shaughnessy in John Michael McDonagh's 2022 film The Forgiven.
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David McSavage spent a period of time cat-sitting in the Camberwell area of London during the COVID-19 pandemic.